Joe Biden says US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion

Biden says US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP)

Joe Biden has seemingly boosted American support for Taiwan after saying US forces would defend the self-ruled island if China tried to invade it.

The US president said “yes” when asked during an interview broadcast on Sunday on CBS News’s 60 Minutes whether “US forces, US men and women, would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion”.